"Porte" meaning in English

See Porte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Ottoman Porte [alternative], Sublime Porte [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle French porte (“gate”), ultimately after Ottoman Turkish باب عالی (Bâb-ı Âli, “Exalted Gate”), from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) and عَالِيّ (ʕāliyy, “high, exalted”), a synecdoche for the Ottoman government originally referring to the outer gate of the sultan's Topkapı palace at which justice was administered, and later to the gate of the palace of the grand vizier. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|porte||gate}} Middle French porte (“gate”), {{der|en|ota|باب عالی|t=Exalted Gate|tr=Bâb-ı Âli}} Ottoman Turkish باب عالی (Bâb-ı Âli, “Exalted Gate”), {{m+|ar|بَاب|t=gate}} Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Porte
  1. (now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire. Tags: historical
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